tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post3247627835850583921..comments2017-12-13T19:29:11.314-05:00Comments on Doctor Grumpy in the House: Dear Dr. Worthless,Grumpy, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/09858110332436246760noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-52080610393301834972010-05-16T01:35:54.692-04:002010-05-16T01:35:54.692-04:00Like Mrs. Hedhurtz, I&#39;ve tried every medicine ...Like Mrs. Hedhurtz, I&#39;ve tried every medicine under the sun and nadda. So my neurologist sent me to Chicago (several states away might I add) to see a big name headache group up there who basically did exactly what Dr. Worthless did for your patient. $600 in transportation well spent!<br />Oh and I love how every person I meet is an expert on headaches! Well Gosh I&#39;m sure if I had just known to take Excedrin before I gave myself those three shots that didn&#39;t work I wouldn&#39;t have ended up in the ER! Thanks a bunch!CJnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-29699483253102217082010-05-15T12:51:47.043-04:002010-05-15T12:51:47.043-04:00@Lorelei - oddly enough, it was adding magnesium (...@Lorelei - oddly enough, it was adding magnesium (first 250 mg and then 500 mg) with a combo of Topomax that brought my migraines under control. I have maybe one or two a year now. I can live with that!! But it just goes to show how amazing the human body is. I live for the day when we can input a drop of blood into machine and have it pop out the correct medication &amp; dosage. (I wonder if that will come before nanorepair or not.)Kat's Katshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519016601947528061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-28712366232771188902010-05-15T00:52:17.708-04:002010-05-15T00:52:17.708-04:00Time to send her to Haifa.Time to send her to Haifa.Li'l Azathothnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-51603719496507562822010-05-15T00:46:07.573-04:002010-05-15T00:46:07.573-04:00I have two weird headache triggers: azo dyes (Yell...I have two weird headache triggers: azo dyes (Yellow 5 &amp; 6, Red 40 are the worst), and magnesium. If I avoid those, I never ever have a headache.Lorelei Armstronghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07639663436142251951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-90474673872694581592010-05-14T23:43:35.697-04:002010-05-14T23:43:35.697-04:00Holy numbnuts!
I for one, don&#39;t know about an...Holy numbnuts!<br /><br />I for one, don&#39;t know about anyone else, immediately think sketchy if a doc. advertises self. I figure, worth of mouth by informed patients and other HCPs are the best marketing/advertisement of a good one.<br /><br />Reading that note made me angry. It sounded like my former neurosurgeon&#39;s notes who dismissed me during my visit because my most concerning tumor wasn&#39;t CNS enough. <br /><br />He arely looked through my scans.... yet, when I got copies of records from his office, his notes were full of regurgitated radiology reports pretending to be his own reads(dude, I KNOW you didn&#39;t really read my scans, I watched you not read) He documented it as a level 3 visit, no doubt Dr. headache-specialist coded her visit as a high-complexity visit...<br /><br />Though, while reading my NS&#39;s notes, I did laugh at malignant degeneration transcribed as moving and degeneration. I wish the tumor would move away!outrehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00919839946949339497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-27520071846596979962010-05-14T23:16:48.740-04:002010-05-14T23:16:48.740-04:00Dr. G,
Thanks for this post! It makes me happy th...Dr. G,<br /><br />Thanks for this post! It makes me happy that there are doctors like you who are willing to be frusterated with your frusterated patient, and to stay open to new options. I now see a migraine specialist, and I must say the reason that he is the *specialist* I think is that he doesn&#39;t give up on me even if I&#39;m having a bad period, and that he&#39;s willing to be thinking of new things (you know since I&#39;ve tried and failed or just had bad reactions to most preventives more than once unfortunately). That said, I take plavix for migraines, and oddly it really helps. Weird I know, but hey I&#39;m not looking any gift horses in the mouth, or whatever.<br /><br />MelissaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-88266919306937858982010-05-14T18:58:47.681-04:002010-05-14T18:58:47.681-04:00::bangs head repeatedly on desk:: Now I know what...::bangs head repeatedly on desk:: Now I know what my Good Docs are seeing on the Other Side when they get reports from the Evile Idjet Docs. ::rolls eyes:: I&#39;ve been a chronic pain patient for over 20 years &amp; have depression issues as well (duh, they run on the same neural pathways!). Meds? We got tons of stinking meds!<br /><br />I can&#39;t begin to count the number of times I&#39;ve had to say, &quot;No, I&#39;ve <i>already</i> tried/taken/done xyz. I can understand not taking a good medical history in baby docs (although it still irks me), but someone who has been practicing for years?? A specialist?? Sheesh!!Kat's Katshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05519016601947528061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-41834377310958755862010-05-14T18:26:02.113-04:002010-05-14T18:26:02.113-04:00thanxxthanxxAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-8330417769867047312010-05-14T17:54:38.803-04:002010-05-14T17:54:38.803-04:00Inevitably hormones, agitation, or sinus symptoms ...Inevitably hormones, agitation, or sinus symptoms or a combination of several or all bring on my headaches. The best &#39;cure&#39; for me is two sniffs of fluticasone (each nostril), a couple whiffs of oxymetazoline, 325 - 500 mg acetaminophen (or placebo), a cup of tea (black pekoe), and going to bed in a quiet, darkened, cool room for 8 hours or so. It helps that whatever anxiety I&#39;m facing e.g. term paper or presentation due, squalling children, or mortgage payment, has been rectified before said &#39;nap&#39;.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-21370146530193406722010-05-14T17:52:51.543-04:002010-05-14T17:52:51.543-04:00I want some Nomigraine...nom nom nom.I want some Nomigraine...nom nom nom.Louisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06306854459459257368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-91648372947851319002010-05-14T15:55:21.961-04:002010-05-14T15:55:21.961-04:00I was gonna post earlier and mention TMJ and even ...I was gonna post earlier and mention TMJ and even wisdom tooth issues, but decided against it because I&#39;m a big ole chicken. But we are taught in Hygiene school that many headache issues can result from TMJ and impacted wisdom teeth. I regularly ask patients in my own clinic if they have frequent headaches as I&#39;m assessing their TMJ and they are asked on their med hx if they have a history of headaches. As soon as I read this post I wondered if maybe this patient had seen a dentist and if she still had her wisdoms in or if she had been having TMJ pain.Kimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03270000546237103091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-39408556484627881492010-05-14T15:09:36.060-04:002010-05-14T15:09:36.060-04:00URGH! I hope that poor lady didn&#39;t have to pay...URGH! I hope that poor lady didn&#39;t have to pay out of pocket to see that IDIOT!!! <br /><br />In another note am amused by the non-medical peoples offering suggestions as to the cause of Headache lady&#39;s headaches...<br /><br />xx<br />JaxsJackiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071125157930976758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-54538584056982790372010-05-14T14:47:01.156-04:002010-05-14T14:47:01.156-04:00I&#39;ve never responded before, but love your blo...I&#39;ve never responded before, but love your blog. Since you sound stuck with this pt, have you considered TMJ? I was having constant headaches for 2 years. I saw my internist, then 3 different neurologists (one a headache specialist, but a much better one than the one you wrote about) and no one could figure out what was wrong with me. They did every test you can think of and I tried numerous meds with no relief at all. I got a massage one day, and the massage therapist thought I had mild TMJ. I began looking up the symptoms of TMJ, and there were all my symptoms. I never had jaw pain so no one had ever considered that possibility. I saw a PT for exercises and got a mouthpiece to wear at nights. I feel 1000x better now. You might have already thought about this, but I thought I&#39;d reply just in case it could help.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-1840923952488558502010-05-14T14:15:35.303-04:002010-05-14T14:15:35.303-04:00How much did the lady get billed for this piece of...How much did the lady get billed for this piece of crap???terri chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09398808840234914275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-19768065274879496802010-05-14T13:20:50.095-04:002010-05-14T13:20:50.095-04:00OMG! Headache Lady is me! (Minus the spinal tap.) ...OMG! Headache Lady is me! (Minus the spinal tap.) And the doctor you referred to is my neurologist! (Except he washed his hands of me and sent me back to my GP to be treated with pain meds forever and a day.) Next month, the headache clinic. Pray for me, Dr. Grumpy!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-16288302088811687672010-05-14T12:00:03.579-04:002010-05-14T12:00:03.579-04:00Yeh, poor headache lady...
What a dimbulb that do...Yeh, poor headache lady...<br /><br />What a dimbulb that doctor is.<br /><br />Hey, what about Botox injections to trigger points in the scalp? My bestbud has that done out here in Cali for long Hx of migraines with great success...Susannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-36561499819631662642010-05-14T11:55:47.536-04:002010-05-14T11:55:47.536-04:00The sad thing is that good neurologists are pulled...The sad thing is that good neurologists are pulled into the cesspool with the bad. Locally, the final result was some very good neurologists bailed out of self defense, which left some really bad choices for local referral. My wife, and I, were rewarded with a horrendous experience, that can only be described as the ignorant being led by the ingorant. <br /><br />You live and you learn and thank you Dr. Grumpy for sharing how hard being a good doctor really is, especially when you see how the odds are stacked.Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-15339584385519145582010-05-14T11:45:56.583-04:002010-05-14T11:45:56.583-04:00poor mrs. hedhurtz :(poor mrs. hedhurtz :(mongolian yaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-38141194868100883922010-05-14T09:53:59.078-04:002010-05-14T09:53:59.078-04:00This is one of the stories of my life.
I have sev...This is one of the stories of my life.<br /><br />I have severe anemia. I have since I was young. *EVERY* new doctor thinks s/he&#39;s magically discovered the cause -- I have Cancer! I have Bleeding from the Bleed-o-organ! I have Fad-Disease-of-the-Month!<br /><br />I can point out that in my charts it shows a history of anemia back to age 11. I can pull out copies of blood tests [which they have!] going back 5 years - if only I still had ones from when I was 11. Yet everyone becomes convinced that I have $WHATEVER and I&#39;m going to die tomorrow if we don&#39;t have that taken care of!<br /><br />The whole &quot;we have to fix this now now now&quot; has calmed down a lot now that I don&#39;t have insurance, which is more amusing. But, really, why do I have records if nobody is going to bother reading it?Moosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10397412122635951126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66240505883930757562010-05-14T09:11:06.048-04:002010-05-14T09:11:06.048-04:00What a waste! You should send him a box of saltine...What a waste! You should send him a box of saltines with a note attached asking him if Polly wants a cracker!Gennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-66066105263239648722010-05-14T08:59:37.903-04:002010-05-14T08:59:37.903-04:00You know when an &#39;average joe&#39; can read a ...You know when an &#39;average joe&#39; can read a doctor&#39;s notes and realize their is a huge problem then something is horribly wrong...<br /><br />I teach dyslexic Middle Schoolers and they are able to 1. Find the problem with that scenario (They&#39;re geniuses that&#39;s expected) 2. They were able to make better fake responses then I.M. Worthless...Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08664726836683732562noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5883634615775822475.post-85721319433867493552010-05-14T08:24:13.078-04:002010-05-14T08:24:13.078-04:00A waste of perfectly good skin ....A waste of perfectly good skin ....Munkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02673886500574857493noreply@blogger.com